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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Deguelin for PTEN-deficient PCa. & an aside on Metformin.

New study below [1]. Perhaps not an easy read - so, apologies in advance. Deguelin is a "naturally occurring insecticide" [2]. PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene...

New study below [1]. Perhaps not an easy read - so, apologies in advance. Degue...

•6 years ago

"novel therapeutic approaches"

New paper below [1]. Some blue-skying from MD Anderson. The current research focus continues to be androgen receptor [AR]-centric. What if we accept that PCa...

New paper below [1]. Some blue-skying from MD Anderson. The current research foc...

•6 years ago

Probable thyroid cancer nodule

Has anyone else had a hot spot in their thyroid along with prostate cancer? Just wondering what type of treatment was given? Half of husbands thyroid removed...

Has anyone else had a hot spot in their thyroid along with prostate cancer? Just...

•6 years ago

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Vitamin C infusion

Hello there, My husband recently had a consult with a naturopathic physician. He still sees all of his allopathic physicians and we are following an...

Hello there, My husband recently had a consult with a naturopathic physician. ...

•6 years ago

A year ago today, still waiting for some good news.

I found this website about 3 months ago, joined about a month later. I have benefited from the knowledge I've learned about my future and I enjoy some of the...

I found this website about 3 months ago, joined about a month later. I have ben...

•6 years ago

Lupron + Aberaterone or Aberaterone alone for mcrpc?

After 28 months on lupron, when the pca turned to mcrpc my MO added Aberaterone to the treatment regime. But he says I have to continue lupron injections also...

After 28 months on lupron, when the pca turned to mcrpc my MO added Aberaterone ...

•6 years ago

Chemotherapy and air travel and risk of clots

I have been advised about the risk of clots forming during air travel and in particular while undergoing chemotherapy (I have completed 5 of 6 infusions of...

I have been advised about the risk of clots forming during air travel and in par...

•6 years ago

Seeking a new MO

I live in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland area). Still relatively early in the PC saga with metastatic, hormone-sensitive PC. Currently on Eligard and XGeva with...

I live in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland area). Still relatively early in the PC sa...

•6 years ago

Non Standard of Care Advice!

Hi all, quick recap. Dx with PCa in February, 2017. PSA was 8.9 and G, 8 at time of dx. left seminal vesicle was grossly impacted. Right femur and right...

Hi all, quick recap. Dx with PCa in February, 2017. PSA was 8.9 and G, 8 at tim...

Stickingaround1

•6 years ago

Pravastatin vs. Simvastatin

My LDL cholesterol has gone up considerably in the last couple years. I'm not sure if it is an inflammatory response to all the radiation, but regardless, I am...

My LDL cholesterol has gone up considerably in the last couple years. I'm not su...

•6 years ago

A "Novel" CRPC Mechanism.

New study below [1]. Not so long ago, PCa that was refractory (i.e. resistant) to ADT was described as being hormone independent. The three dominant cell lines...

New study below [1]. Not so long ago, PCa that was refractory (i.e. resistant) t...

•6 years ago

Prostate Cancer Poetry & Verse Book Project

So few understand our prostate cancer ladden lives. We think awareness will be raised and hope offered if we collect and publish our poems and short stories...

So few understand our prostate cancer ladden lives. We think awareness will be r...

Partner•6 years ago

Looks Like Melatonin + Resveratrol Could Delay mCRPCa

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485954/ http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098566 I am going to take time released...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485954/ http://journals.plos.org/p...

•6 years ago

Melatonin + Xtandi + Avodart Could Delay crPCa

Hey Nalakrats decipher the study below...how much melatonin and when to take...looks like it is an inhibitor of AR-V7 Gus...

Hey Nalakrats decipher the study below...how much melatonin and when to take...l...

•6 years ago

Enjoying life while waiting for results

My father is off to Mexico! Life is to short for him to sit and worry about everything! We all need a break sometimes! Happy Easter to all of you wishing you...

My father is off to Mexico! Life is to short for him to sit and worry about ever...

•6 years ago

Natural remedies?

Hi all, recently been posting on the Prostate Cancer forum, but wanted to ask a question here with those folks who've had more experience and more knowledgable...

Hi all, recently been posting on the Prostate Cancer forum, but wanted to ask a ...

•6 years ago

New member diagnosed at 44

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to express how grateful I am for this site and for all of you guys sharing your stories... I stumbled upon it very recently. My...

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to express how grateful I am for this site and fo...

•6 years ago

T3 N1 M0. ......is that stage 3 or 4 ??

Maybe someone can help clarify ..... I had lymph node involvement from diagnosis but nothing beyond the local area has ever been found after numerous scans...

Maybe someone can help clarify ..... I had lymph node involvement from diagnosi...

•6 years ago

Lymph Radiotherapy

My oncologist has refused to treat my chest lymph involvement picked up on the PET scan. Does anyone know of any radiologists who have carried out riskier...

My oncologist has refused to treat my chest lymph involvement picked up on the P...

•6 years ago

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